Advances in Psychology Research : Volume 95

This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spectrum. This book reviews research on criminal offenders and mental health courts; the role of intuitive statistical knowledge in confidence-accuracy calibration; the psychosocial components in chronic pain aetiologies; the psychological and social dynamics of imbalance in cross-cultural stress encounters; the cognitive orientation approach to motivation of cognitive performance; genetic variations in aggressive behaviour disorders; stereotype suppression; choice in educating children with pervasive developmental disorders; mental health factors in an urban environment; causal attributions and perceptions of choice; individual traits as predictors of cultural intelligence self-perception; and self-advocacy on mental health care users.